All of Chicago at Your Feet
Tinley Park Convention Center is located a short distance from Metra's 80th Avenue train station which is part of the "Rock Island" Line. Via Metra, downtown Chicago is less than an hour away and the cost is minimal. Whether for theater, dining, shopping, museums or sports, Metra offers an attractive alternative to driving. Want to go to a White Sox game? The Sox play the Orioles on Friday and Saturday this year, and Metra's new "Lou Jones" station gives you nearly door-to-door service to U.S. Cellular Field. Our contact at Metra prepared a great flyer with train information, including the full schedule between 80th Avenue and downtown Chicago. Click here to view or download this printable resource.

Within Walking Distance
We know that sometimes you will need something in a hurry. You'll find that the attached Banana's restaurant has a full menu and reasonable prices. The Holiday Inn is attached to the convention center. Check out this arial view. Also within a few blocks:
LA Fitness
Intimo Martini Bar
Cornerstone Shopping Center
Taco Fresco
Baskin Robbins
Egg & I Restaruant
Al's Beef
G in Sushi N Grill
Vito & Nick's II Pizzeria
Culver's
Burger King

For the longer walker (5 - 7 blocks equivalent):
Tin Fish Restaurant
Wendy's
Buffalo Wild Wings
Hamada Japanese Restaurant
Always Open Shopping Center

Just the other side of the Freeway (But not really walking distance)
Brookside Marketplace
Odyssey Country Club
Odyssey Fun World
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Graystone Golf Links

Restaurants: Tinley Park boasts over 100 restaurants, many within close proximity to the convention center. You'll find Banana's Grille & Bar located within the convention center complex, and everything from Chuck E Cheese to Fine dining within a few miles.

Casinos:

Harrah's 17.82 Miles Get Directions
Hollywood Casino 15.10 Miles Get Directions

Golf:

Odyssey Country Club 2.34 Miles Get Directions
Silver Lake Country Club 8.97 Miles Get Directions

Museums:
Easiest to get to by taking the Metra into Chicago and transferring onto Chicago Transit Authority routes.

Adler Planetarium 29.24 Miles Get Directions
Field Museum 28.71 Miles Get Directions
Shedd Aquarium 28.75 Miles Get Directions

Shopping Centers:

Brookside Marketplace 1.20 Miles Get Directions
Shopping Center with Target, Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, Kohls, and a half-dozen restaurants right across the freeway from the convention center.

Park Center Plaza 3.22 Miles Get Directions
Small shopping center just up the road. Portillo's is located here too.

Orland Square Mall 8.65 Miles Get Directions
Enormous upscale mall with Macy's, Carson Pirie Scott, Apple & more. Near Silver Lake Country Club.

Portillo's Hot Dogs is a Chicagoland legend that serves much more than hot dogs, decorated in a 1930's prohibition theme, you'll enjoy the atmosphere and the food. This location (they have more than 30) is just a few miles from the convention center on Harlem Ave.

Scott's Picks
Bacino's Pizza
Real Chicago deep dish pizza. The West loop location is just a couple blocks from Union station in Chicago, but the Wacker Dr location is elegant and occasionally features live music.
Portillo's
Great family food - fast. Try sitting at the table with the real 1930's automobile suspended over your head.
Chinatown
As a martial arts instructor, I've picked up many of my office decorations in Chicago's Chinatown. If you are adventurous, stop into any of the numerous restaurants for dim sum. The food is very authentic, with most dishes containing chicken feet or tripe.
Field Museum & Shedd Aquarium
Two of Chicago's finest educational attractions. Sue the T-Rex "lives" at the Field, and the Aquarium is awesome. "Jellies" is the current feature exhibit - I've been stung by one of those before! Ouch.
Odyssey Fun World
OK, honestly, I'm a little too big for this place now. But I worked my way through college as the electronic tech for an amusement park. Odyssey is just across the freeway from the convention center, and if you're bringing the kids with you, here's some fun for them.
Orland Square Mall
A huge, upscale shopping destination. If you can't find it here, you probably won't find it anywhere.

The Tinley Park Metra Station is a destination in itself, it's part of the historic downtown area. The hotel offers guests shuttle transportation to & from the station, call the hotel for details.